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kiwiokie 12-28-2012 02:15 PM

People who enter or exit a building and stop, blocking the ingress or egress of everyone else, apparently suffering decision paralysis over where to go next.

Baz 12-28-2012 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by livi (Post 7175236)
Dog owners with no control over their mutts - that seem to be under the distinct impression that their critters have a higher value than other people, their children and pets - that hardly seem bothered when their animals attack, scare and bite nearest available victim. An utter pest of society.

I use the phrase "Irresponsible dog owners" to include all facets (and there are many many many of them for those of us dog owners who do care).

An analogy might be Porsche car owner/drivers....all it takes is a few "irresponsible" ones....

snbush67 12-28-2012 02:23 PM

My pet pees.

Baz 12-28-2012 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwiokie (Post 7176016)
People who enter or exit a building and stop, blocking the ingress or egress of everyone else, apparently suffering decision paralysis over where to go next.

The appropriate phase describing this scenario is "Bottlenecking".

A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources.

Bottleneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The context for me is more outdoors....specifically landscaping jobs I am working on where traffic flow and logistics are key to efficiency. "Excuse me.....would it be possible for you to pull your vehicle up and over to one side so you do not bottleneck the driveway?"

Now I also experience this inefficient behaviour in grocery stores - just tonight in fact I experienced it...

snbush67 12-28-2012 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pwd72s (Post 7175661)
My pet peeve weighs 300 pounds and sleeps by a door.

Is this peeve?



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snbush67 12-28-2012 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by URY914 (Post 7175655)
People who live on islands. ;)

I'm picking up what your layin down brother....how's your weather?SmileWavy

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URY914 12-28-2012 03:33 PM

People you live in Hawaii and make fun of those that don't.
It's raining here.:(

on2wheels52 12-28-2012 04:13 PM

People who bring me 'stuff' and say "it's brand new".
There's no fine line between new and used, either it is or it isn't. If it's new, you can take it back where you bought it and get your money back. If I have to sell it, it's used. Perhaps it will be 'low mileage', but it's still used.
Jim

Brian in VA 12-28-2012 05:25 PM

When someone asks me something at work, I make a decision, and then they forget to do it. Why the hell did they bring it up in the first place?

The other version of this is when I anticipate a problem with something and go out of my way to avoid it, and it happens anyway like I'd never talked to anyone. I'm looking at you AT&T.

onewhippedpuppy 12-29-2012 05:25 AM

Another vote for irresponsible dog owners, we have a slew of them around here. Your large unleashed dog scaring my infant is not "cute", and despite the fact that my yard is made of grass it does not give your dog the right to use it as a restroom.

People that camp in the left lane.

People that can't use cruise control on the highway, and can't maintain a constant speed. After I pass you for the 5th time you should get the hint.

Lazy people.

Inconsiderate people without manners.

Christien 12-29-2012 07:17 AM

Piercing the toilet paper.

kiwiokie 12-29-2012 07:22 AM

When the highly trained customer support person on the telephone asks me "Sir is there anything else we can help you with today?" when they have been completely incapable at solving the problem that caused me to call in the first place. What makes companies think politeness is more important to the customer than knowledge or ability?

pwd72s 12-29-2012 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 7176864)
Another vote for irresponsible dog owners, we have a slew of them around here. Your large unleashed dog scaring my infant is not "cute", and despite the fact that my yard is made of grass it does not give your dog the right to use it as a restroom.

People that camp in the left lane.

People that can't use cruise control on the highway, and can't maintain a constant speed. After I pass you for the 5th time you should get the hint.

Lazy people.

Inconsiderate people without manners.

Re cruise control...traffic must be light where you are. Can't use it on my I-5 runs to the pool hall, too much jammed up traffic. Most days it is constant speed changes. It would be heaven if I could just set cruise control at 80 and go...

Also, when I slow? Go ahead and pass..but it's often because my V-1 is warning me of a threat ahead...

My pet peeve on the highway is the ones who think they are the speed police...the ones who purposely follow the 65 Oregon limit while staying in the left lane. By purposely I mean that they do this to slow traffic down while thinking they are promoting safety. With the jam-ups they create, they are doing just the opposite.

onewhippedpuppy 12-29-2012 09:31 AM

I live in KS, I can drive for hours without touching my cruise control.;). The only excuse for not using it is stupidity.

hawaiipcar 12-29-2012 10:35 AM

Gum smacking or snapping..

k9handler 12-29-2012 10:43 AM

People...yep pretty much the root of it all.

RWebb 12-29-2012 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwiokie (Post 7177042)
When the highly trained customer support person on the telephone asks me "Sir is there anything else we can help you with today?" when they have been completely incapable at solving the problem that caused me to call in the first place. What makes companies think politeness is more important to the customer than knowledge or ability?

politeness is a LOT cheaper than actual training

RWebb 12-29-2012 10:48 AM

Paul - get a new Mustang with adaptive cruise control

I am not going to advise you to run up on the bumper of the lane hogs...

But, I'll say that, as usual, my most recent jaunt up I-5 (for wine & cheese BTW) once again showed that Oregonians are better than others at getting out of the passing lane.

stealthn 12-29-2012 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kiwiokie (Post 7177042)
When the highly trained customer support person on the telephone asks me "Sir is there anything else we can help you with today?" when they have been completely incapable at solving the problem that caused me to call in the first place. What makes companies think politeness is more important to the customer than knowledge or ability?

DUDE!, you just added to my list, that is SO true, `yes I am useless sir, and cannot do my job whatsoever, would you like me to not do it again for you?"
:mad:

pksystems 12-29-2012 11:59 AM

People who drive at night with no lights on. I see it EVERYNIGHT.

They probably think I'm nuts when I pull in front of them, and turn off mine. :)


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